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This aerial picture shows the Washington Monument standing on the National Mall and the White House at far left in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1C9C4C2D70

Trump’s judicial appointments record at the August recess: A little less than meets the eye

Russell Wheeler

Thursday, August 8, 2019

A view of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington DC, U.S., June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago - RC1D9A2CC1F0

Four takeaways from this summer’s budget deal

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, August 2, 2019

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) departs the House Chamber after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC14E4CFDDD0

Why won’t the Senate protect American elections?

Darrell M. West and Raj Karan Gambhir

Friday, August 2, 2019

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (L), former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris gesture on the second night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - HP1EF810595O8

The second Democratic debate: Opening up the centrist lane

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Former special counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, D.C., U.S. July 24, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via Reuters - RC18639DA8F0

The Mueller testimony: Two narratives

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Medical equipment is pictured on the wall of an examination room inside a Kaiser Permanente health clinic located inside a Target retail department store in San Diego, California November 17, 2014. Four clinics are scheduled to open to provide pediatric and adolescent care, well-woman care, family planning, and management of chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure for Kaiser members and non-members. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1EABI0DLA01

Health care reform: A consensus on values, but an administrative road to nowhere

John J. DiIulio

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

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Health care is an opportunity and liability for both parties in 2020

Friday, July 12, 2019

Voters fill voting booths at a polling station at the St. Paul'sEpiscopal Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 5, 2002. Votersacross the nation are going to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes inwhat many experts say is an election that may tip the balance of powerin the United States Congress. REUTERS/Mike SegarMS/HB - RP3DRIDJBBAA

A short history of campaign dirty tricks before Twitter and Facebook

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden is seen on a live video feed inside a concert hall of the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center being used as a media filing center during the second night of the first U.S. 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - HP1EF6S0AOWLW

What we know after the first Democratic debate

William A. Galston

Monday, July 8, 2019

A natural gas flare on an oil well pad burns as the sun sets outside Watford City, North Dakota

The politics of methane

Monday, July 8, 2019

Security guards stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC120F4804E0

For partisan gerrymandering reform, the federal courts are closed

Saturday, June 29, 2019

Senator Kamala Harris speaks during the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S. June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar - HP1EF6S09JQLS

Three women won the Democratic debates

Thursday, June 27, 2019

NBC News television technicians prepare for coverage of the first 2020 U.S. presidential election candidates debate, the day before 20 Democratic candidates begin a two night debate at the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center in Miami, U.S. June 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Bourg - RC1BD51E2040

What to watch for in the first Democratic debates

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

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With spending caps looming, Congress repeats last year’s minibus strategy

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, June 21, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jordan Gale - RC1849B52340

Can Biden hold onto his lead?

William A. Galston

Thursday, June 20, 2019